[REVIEW] A TIME BEFORE QUARANTINES: HIDE OUT WITH THE SURREAL, CAMPY FILMS OF CAN EVRENOL
Can Evrenol’s weird, campy gorefests are the distraction we need right now. Hide from the pandemic with films evocative of the atmospheric fun of the 90s.
[REVIEW] ‘BUTT BOY’: A CHEEKY FILM THAT SPREADS ITSELF TOO WIDE
Butt Boy follows anal retentive Chip who lacks enjoyment in his every day life. After receiving a routine prostate exam a desire in him awakens.
[ZINE] MONSTROUS FEMALE FEAR : THE POWER OF SADY BOYLE’S ‘DEAD BLONDES’ AND DAVID CRONENBERG’S ‘RABID’
While the roots of many of the fearful creatures Sady Doyle describes in her book are ancient, the stories of murder by exorcism, etc. are often very recent. It was with this last point in mind that I revisited one of my favorite films, David Cronenberg’s 1977 film Rabid.
[ZINE] THE IDENTITY CRISES OF THE WOMEN WITHIN KARYN KUSAMA’S ‘THE INVITATION’
The Invitation is nearly perfect to me, but it has always left me craving more in terms of its treatment of the five fascinating women it gives us.
[WATCH PARTY] JOIN DIS/MEMBER FOR A QUARANTINE WATCH PARTY OF ‘HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL’ (1959)
DIS/MEMBER PRESENTS: HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL (1959) JOIN DIS/MEMBER’S JUSTIN PARTRIDGE & INSHA FITZPATRICK AS THEY HOST A NEW WATCH PARTY ON TWITCH.
[DVD/BLU-RAY REVIEW] THERES NOTHING LIKE THE HIGH OCTANE WAR THAT IS ‘VFW’
VFW is a neon-drenched trippy thrill ride that you won’t get out of your head. It’s part zombie, full-blown 80s action horror, and a whole lot of fucking fun.
[ZINE] RIOT GRRRL HORROR: THE SOSKA SISTERS STAND UP TO THE SYSTEM
What’s grotesque on the inside usually comes out (or off) in a Twisted Twins flick such as Rabid.. That’s because superficial standards of feminine beauty, threats of sexual violence, and other exterior demands of a patriarchal system distort women’s interior lives. Men make women ugly on the inside. And ugliness will come out, often angrily. The slit, pierced, amputated, and mangled are thus the realest things about these movies. They provide tangible, gory evidence of women’s rage.
[ZINE] “IT TAKES A MAN TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT”: THE WOMEN OF SCREAM
Michael Walls-Kelly highlights a couple from each entry that shows how Scream treats women as more than just screeching victims.